Actually, I was wondering about Lydia's myself. The website says "temporarily closed". It changed ownership some years back. I haven't been in their for some time because of personal disasters, but I will try to find out this week. Here's info on them that I posted on nights out in L.A.
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These three are in a three mile stretch of Ventura Blvd, Studio City.
http://www.lydiastv.com/c[...]tes.htm <http://www.lydiastv.com/crossdress_nites.htm> (been there, nice folk, owners are T girl and her wife. Beauty shop in store. Dressing facilities on site for rent. Wide range of styles, from slutty to Mae West glamorous...have gotten some real deals here. Store at site for years...VERY discreet location, parking off back alley...you could go there en femme and never be seen...but readily accessible from the main street. Entrance door perpendicular to the iron fence facing Ventura and just past the fence..North and East. VERY Discreet, But it's safe to try the doors until you find it. Check the days and hours on the site. The site also has a wonderfully long list of places that are TG night spots in L.A. THE QUEEN MARY is closed, no matter what the Internet says, but the "show" has moved to another club some nights)
http://www.usfreeads.com/[...]221286 <http://www.usfreeads.com/files/viewad.asp?id=221286 >
Description of shop)
<http://www.countessascloset.com/> (for the shop "we do not carry anything that is not upscale, highfashion or tasteful" I believe it is located on a busy main corner, so easy to find, but appears fairly public with large windows.)
http://www.smoola.com/Com[...]=509602 <http://www.smoola.com/CompanyDetails.aspx?companyid=509602> virtual tour of Countessa's Closet which will make it much easier to find.
Look at all three sites.
<http://www.glamourboutique.com> (branch of famous Massachusetts store, new)
and don't miss <http://www.wilshirewigs.com> in the Burbank area where you can get just about any wig you want in any color and hve it styled. They serve the movie and television industry and sell to males every day. And they have a SHOWROOM full of wigs.
All of these stores have a history and are not fly by night operations.